page_title: Conservation Through Public Health
section_title: Mission
hierarchical_section_title: Conservation Through Public Health / Mission
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka and Mr. Lawrence Zikusoka, two of the co-founders of Conservation Through Public Health
context_page_description: Conservation Through Public Health is a non-profit organization based in Uganda and the USA that conducts programs to protect gorillas and other wildlife from human and livestock disease risk; to reduce human and livestock diseases in the vicinity of wildlife; to increase the local use of family planning; and to use information/communication technology both to help local-level development and to educate people about the environment. It was founded by Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Lawrence Zikusoka, and Stephen Rubanga in 2002. It has a special focus on the endangered mountain gorilla and has programs in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda, and cooperative work with parks and wildlife areas extending into Congo and Rwanda.
context_section_description: Conservation Through Public Health's stated mission is to achieve gorilla conservation by enabling humans, wildlife and livestock to coexist through improving primary healthcare in and around Africa’s protected areas.
caption: Lawrence Zikusoka and Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka of CTPH, at their headquarters office in Kampala.
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